4 Feb 11 - About 40cm over the pumphouse weir
Nick H does well on his second river trip
Andy LM, Wayne M, Nick H and I set off in the company of Mike on Friday at lunch time to do a short run and play the wave at Mukore.
The road has deteriorated markedly since our last visit two weeks ago, with some sections having become almost impassible. The road was dry, with much evidence of recent rain.
The river was indeed quite high, but not as high or gnarly as when Troy lost his boat. We put in at the pump-house and ran the section to Vespids. Nick H did extremely well on only his second river trip, managing several good rolls in tricky water, before finally taking a swim just above Z. As a result of focusing too much on rescuing Nick's boat I was tail-looped by a big hole, and didn't manage a roll before the next drop, landing my head and shoulder on a rock - ouch (nice bruise today). I also managed to screw up the approach to Z, which again looped me in it's sizable hole. Andy ran Z like a pro, as usual.
The wave was good, but a bit flushy, with the eddy quite hard to make. So we headed off after a short session and Nick did well again, managing to avoid most of the big stuff and pulling off another solid roll. The drop after Merlin's rock has a retentive hole river left, which got Nick. He punched through well but went over and the roll was too hard in the squirrely water, resulting in another swim.
Wayne enjoyed the short walk to the vehicle as always, and the cold beers were most welcome. It started raining hard as we set off, and the road became even more treacherous, taking us about an hour to get to the tar.
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